Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,903
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$32,077
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,289
Massachusetts costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Massachusetts — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$118,980
Kept after tax
$86,903
Worth in national money
$80,289
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Massachusetts pays this job a middle wage of $118,980, ranking 13 of 49 states and sitting about 13.4% above the national middle.
- Within Massachusetts this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 58 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $118,980 the take-home is $86,903; in national-average money that behaves like $80,289. The average comes to $121,440, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Massachusetts's median for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products is $118,980, about 13.4% above the national figure and 13 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Massachusetts publishes a median for, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products sits 58 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in Massachusetts, on $118,980, is $86,903; deflated by the state's price level, $80,289. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $121,440 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $118,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $192,880 |
| This salary | $118,980 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Massachusetts | $86,903 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $92,532 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,933 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $110,979 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,627 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $118,980 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,040 and the ninetieth is $192,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Massachusetts the take-home figure of $86,903, from $118,980, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 58 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Massachusetts, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $80,289, the adjusted value of that $118,980 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 58 of 485 in the state.
- The Massachusetts median of $118,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,040 to $192,880. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Massachusetts is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $86,903 from $118,980. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 58 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Massachusetts, so $80,289 — the adjusted value of that $118,980 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 58 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $60,040 and the top tenth $192,880 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $80,289 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Massachusetts adds its own income tax on top — which is why $86,903 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,040) and the ninetieth ($192,880) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Massachusetts's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $80,289 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $86,903 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Massachusetts income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.